On February 16, the short film “Testigos” (aka Witnesses) will be played at the Rose Garden at General San Martin’s Park in Mendoza as one of the few selected local films for the Verano Vendimia Festival. This short film written and directed by Claudia Galech (co-written by Nestor de Monte) -where I was the Art Director- has had very good reviews and a lot of success. Testigos will be screened with other short films by friends such as “La Vendimia empieza en el campo” also by Claudia Galech and “La Fiesta de Eugenia” by Gonzalo Villanueva as previously posted.

Tonight at 8pm a cultural event will take place at the Subsecretaría de Cultura of Mendoza (Av. España st. and Gutiérrez st.) in which the short films “El perro, la almohada y la mantita”, by Mariana Mattar, and “El que vive feliz”, by Claudia Galech, where I was art director, will be played. Also some female authors from Mendoza will exhibit their books and a video about the last ten years of the National women meeting will also be played.

A travesty, a midget, adult films and love… you do the math. This comedy-drama written and directed by Caro to present as her thesis at the Film School got me once again performing as Art Director. I had to imprint a grotesque style to the film and create three different sets in only one location. As usual, all the team worked happily together to get an excellent result. Ohhh! In case you are interested… the travesty was perfectly played by a woman, actress Silvia del Castillo.

Written by Nestor De Monte and Directed by Claudia Galech, “Testigos” is a documentary about how the construction of the railroad in the 20s in Argentina modified the way people from small towns lived and about the last train that departed from General Alvear, Mendoza in 1977. The script was awarded by the Subsecretaria de Cultura in Mendoza and this allowed the short film to be shot. I was the Art Director for this documentary.

Violence, violence and blood and more blood. When three men assault a family house… things cannot go worst. This short film directed by Nico Mercado was really “intense”. I participated as Art Director and I had to make hundreds of litter of blood!

This comedy written and directed by Claudia Galech is about a family of Spanish immigrants in 1959 who receives the grandmother’s ashes from Spain and suddenly funny things start to occur. It was filmed in sepia color and I was in charge of the Art Direction, with Luis Mauleon as my assistant. It was a very complex short film in what regards to Art Direction since we had to decorate five rooms of an empty house as in 1959 and the amount of characters was so big and with three changes of wardrobe each. The leading role is played by Sonnia de Monte. I am very happy with the result… and filming with Claudia is always a pleasure!

Cristian Pellegrini and Carolina Gimenez were the directors of “I will survive”, a video clip for the Film School. The song on the video is the one of the same name by Gloria Gaynor. I was part of the crew as Art Director. It was a very interesting experience as the idea was to display a very colorful image and, as we had to characterize the cast as four drag queens, there was a very large display of clothes, make up and wigs. One of the scenes took place in a very exotic and kitsch dressing room which we had to decorate from scratch. This was certainly a good experience to learn that we can do good quality filming with low budget.